Telephones - What features do disabled people need?
Coupling to a computer.

 

• • • Deafness.

• • • Deaf-blindness.

• • Speech impairment - severe.

• • • Limited use of hands/arms.

• • • Weak grip.

image showing coupling to a computer.

 


Coupling to a computer is a faciltity which will allow deaf and deafblind users to use their personal computers as text terminals. Enables use of dial-out software and personal electronic phonebook database. It would also allow people with very severe physical disabilities (such as users of "Possum" environmental contol equipment) to access the telephone networks thr size="2" width="50%" size="2" width="50%"ough ordinary terminals, and allow severely speech-impaired users to connect their communication aids.

 

Additional cost - medium.

 

 

 

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